Coordination of the center, research and project management, academy cooperation. Focus: digital editions, theory of digital humanities.
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CV
Tessa Gengnagel has been employed at the CCeH since October 2013. Originally employed as a student assistant in the project management of the Marie Curie ITN DiXiT (Digital Scholarly Editions Initial Training Network) while studying for her Master’s degree, she now works as a postdoc in the management of the CCeH. From 2015–2018, she was a fast-track PhD scholar at the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne and completed her doctorate under Prof. Manfred Thaller in the field of historical-cultural information processing (defense January 2021). She completed her B.A. in History and Latin Philology of the Middle Ages at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in 2009–2012. There she worked as a student assistant at the Department of Medieval Latin Philology, the Department of History and the FRIAS. She then studied European Multimedia Arts & Cultural Heritage Studies for her M.A. at the University of Cologne and the Karl-Franzens-University Graz.
In addition to her work at CCeH, she is also involved in the DHd working groups Theory and Empowerment. She is a founding member of the Digital Medievalist Postgraduate Committee and co-founder and former editor, host and producer of the podcast Coding Codices.
publications
Monographs
T. Gengnagel. 2024. Digital Scholarly Editions Beyond Text: Modelling Art, Film, and Everything in Between (Computing in Art and Architecture; vol. 5), Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net, DOI: 10.11588/arthistoricum.1132 [based on doctoral dissertation].
Editorships
(forthcoming) T. Gengnagel, H. Mara, C. Schröter. 2025. Special Issue of it – Information Technology (De Gruyter), Focus »Kleine Fächer Digital«.
T. Gengnagel, F. Neuber, D. Schulz. 2023–2024. Volumes 16 and 17 of RIDE (Review Journal for Digital Editions and Resources), Focus »FAIR Criteria«, in cooperation with NFDI/Text+, https://ride.i-d-e.de/issues/issue-16 / https://ride.i-d-e.de/issues/issue-17.
Articles, entries (peer-reviewed)
(forthcoming) T. Gengnagel. “Digitale Editionen jenseits des Textes: Zur multimedialen Überlieferungsvarianz von Bild- und Filmwerken”, in: 4D: Dimensionen | Disziplinen | Digitalität | Daten (Computing in Art and Architecture; Vol. 6), ed. by Lisa Dieckmann, Bettina Pfleging, Georg Schelbert and Thorsten Wübbena, Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net.
T. Gengnagel. 2022 / 2024. “Vom Topos des Scheiterns als konstituierender Kraft: Ein Essay über Erkenntnisprozesse in den Digital Humanities”, in: Fabrikation von Erkenntnis: Experimente in den Digital Humanities (Zeitschrift für digitale Geisteswissenschaften; Sonderband 5), ed. by Manuel Burghardt, Lisa Dieckmann, Timo Steyer, Peer Trilcke, Niels-Oliver Walkowski, Joëlle Weis and Ulrike Wuttke, Wolfenbüttel, DOI: 10.17175/sb005_011_v2.
P. Hegel, T. Gengnagel, K. Hensen, K. Lemke, G. Brüning. 2024. “Die interoperable Edition ‘sub specie durationis'”, in: editio 38/1, pp. 135–146, DOI: 10.1515/editio-2024-0008.
T. Gengnagel. 2024. »Text-Bild-Edition«, in: KONDE Weißbuch, ed. by Selina Galka and Helmut W. Klug in collaboration with Susanne Höfer in the project Enlarging ‘Weißbuch Digitale Edition’, Handle: hdl.handle.net/11471/562.50.292. PID: o:konde.252.
T. Gengnagel. 2024. »Archivausgabe«, in: KONDE Weißbuch, ed. by Selina Galka and Helmut W. Klug in collaboration with Susanne Höfer in the project Enlarging ‘Weißbuch Digitale Edition’, Handle: hdl.handle.net/11471/562.50.33. PID: o:konde.33. [Based on a version by H. W. Klug.]
T. Gengnagel. 2024. »Documentary Editing«, in: KONDE Weißbuch, ed. by Selina Galka and Helmut W. Klug in collaboration with Susanne Höfer in the project Enlarging ‘Weißbuch Digitale Edition’, Handle: hdl.handle.net/11471/562.50.72. PID: o:konde.72. [Based on a version by G. Vogeler.]
E. Cugliana, T. Gengnagel. 2024. »Diplomatische Edition«, in: KONDE Weißbuch, ed. by Selina Galka and Helmut W. Klug in collaboration with Susanne Höfer in the project Enlarging ‘Weißbuch Digitale Edition’, Handle: hdl.handle.net/11471/562.50.65. PID: o:konde.65. [Based on a version by L. Rieger.]
E. Cugliana, T. Gengnagel. 2024. »Diplomatische Transkription«, in: KONDE Weißbuch, ed. by Selina Galka and Helmut W. Klug in collaboration with Susanne Höfer in the project Enlarging ‘Weißbuch Digitale Edition’, Handle: hdl.handle.net/11471/562.50.66. PID: o:konde.66. [Based on a version by H. W. Klug.]
T. Gengnagel. 2018. »The Discourse about Modelling: Some Observations from the Outside«, in: Historical Social Research Supplement 31, pp. 226–30, DOI: 10.12759/hsr.suppl.31.2018.226-230.
T. Gengnagel. 2017. »The ‘Beta Dilemma’: A Review of the Faust Edition«, in: RIDE 7, DOI: 10.18716/ride.a.7.3. Review of: Anne Bohnenkamp et al. (eds.): Historisch-kritische Faustedition, Beta version 2, Frankfurt am Main / Weimar / Würzburg 2017, URL: http://beta.faustedition.net/.
Conference abstracts
J. Geiger, T. Gengnagel, P. Hegel, R. Kleymann, A. Lucke. 2025. »Von der Theorie-Leere zur Theorie-Lehre: zur Arbeit am Starterkit DH Theorie«, in: Book of Abstracts der 11. Jahrestagung des Verbandes der Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd 2025), ed. by N. Reiter et al., Bielefeld, pp. 533–534, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14943244, Poster: 10.5281/zenodo.14944547.
T. Gengnagel, F. Jannidis, R. Kleymann, J. Schröter, H. Zinsmeister. 2024. “Bedeutung in Zeiten großer Sprachmodelle”, in: Book of Abstracts of the 10th Annual Conference of the Association of Digital Humanities in German-speaking Countries (DHd 2024), ed. by J. Weis, E. Bunout and T. Haider, Passau, pp. 81–85, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10698308.
O. Schrader, S. Gassmann, T. Gengnagel. 2024. “Automatisierung und CI/CD in digitalen Editionen am Beispiel des Conciliator”, in: Book of Abstracts of the 10th Annual Conference of the Association of Digital Humanities in German-speaking Countries (DHd 2024), ed. by J. Weis, E. Bunout and T. Haider, Passau, pp. 116–121, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10698405.
J. Blumtritt, T. Gengnagel, J. Horstmann, C. Neuefeind. 2024. »Collaboration as Necessity: Institutional Support for Digital Humanities Research«, in: Digital Humanities 2023: Book of Abstracts (DH2023), ed. by A. Baillot et al., Graz, pp. 270–272, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8107798.
R. Bleier, L. Borek, A. Campagnolo, F. Fischer, T. Gengnagel, T. Hodel. 2024. »20 Years of Digital Medievalist – A Reflection on the Development of a Community«, in: Digital Humanities 2023: Book of Abstracts (DH2023), ed. by A. Baillot et al., Graz, pp. 608–609, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8107542.
T. Gengnagel, S. Lang, N. Probst, A. Gerber; S.-M. Dang, T. Duan, T. Grallert, J. Keck, J. Nyhan. 2023. »Open DH? Mapping Blind Spots«, in: Book of Abstracts der 9. Jahrestagung des Verbandes der Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd 2023), ed. by A. Busch and P. Trilcke, Luxemburg and Trier, pp. 77–80. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7688632.
J. Bigalke, J. Blumtritt, T. Gengnagel. 2023. “Beginen in Köln: Von der Textdatenbank zur zeitgemäßen digitalen Auszeichnung und Analyse”, in: Book of Abstracts der 9. Jahrestagung des Verbandes der Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd 2023), ed. by A. Busch and P. Trilcke, Luxemburg and Trier, pp. 360–361. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7688632.
J. Blumtritt, E. Cugliana, N. Geißler, P. Hegel, K. Hensen, J. Hörnschemeyer, C. Kudella, K. Lemke, H. Lordick, F. Neuber, C. Neuefeind, D. Schulz, M. Seltmann, M. Sievers, T. Gengnagel. 2023. “Offene Editionen – Die Task Area Editionen im NFDI-Konsortium Text+”, in: Book of Abstracts der 9. Jahrestagung des Verbandes der Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd 2023), ed. by A. Busch and P. Trilcke, Luxemburg and Trier, pp. 404–406. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7688632.
U. Wuttke, D. Kampkaspar, J. Müller-Laackman; T. Gengnagel, S. Lang, S. Karcher, T. Schrade. 2023. »Herausforderung, Lesson Learned oder Chance? Der Zusammenhang zwischen Kulturen des Scheiterns und Open-Bewegungen in den Digital Humanities«, in: Book of Abstracts der 9. Jahrestagung des Verbandes der Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd 2023), ed. by A. Busch and P. Trilcke, Luxemburg and Trier, pp. 72–74. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7715544.
H. Busch, T. Gengnagel, D. Schulz. 2020. »Early Stage Digital Medievalist Subcommittee: Vernetzen, entgrenzen, Spielräume schaffen«, in: Book of Abstracts der 7. Jahrestagung des Verbandes der Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd 2020), ed. by C. Schöch et al., Paderborn, pp. 313–314, 10.5281/zenodo.3666690.
Video essays
T. Gengnagel. 19 February 2022. »Digital Humanities, or: The Broken Record of Everything«, Colloquium Phänomenologie der Digital Humanities, FU Berlin, YT: https://youtu.be/G3Nn8gw81cA / DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6241218.
T. Gengnagel. 15 April 2021. »A Tale of Two Cultures: Zum transatlantischen Diskurs in den Digital Humanities«, Colloquium Digital Humanities, University of Cologne, YT: https://youtu.be/6MzoNEKsgcw / DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6344038.
Miscellaneous
T. Gengnagel, F. Neuber, D. Schulz. 2023. »FAIR Enough? Evaluating Digital Scholarly Editions and the Application of the FAIR Data Principles« (Editorial), in: RIDE 16, DOI: 10.18716/ride.a.16.0.
T. Gengnagel, F. Neuber, D. Schulz. 2022. »FAIR Principles in Digital Scholarly Editions«, Version 1.1, URL: https://ride.i-d-e.de/fair-criteria-editions/.
Lectures / Panels
(Selection; see also the conference abstracts)
May 9, 2025 | “Ex machina: Zu den Anfängen, Schwerpunkten und Perspektiven einer digitalen Mediävistik” (ZEMAK research colloquium) | Cologne |
| November 23, 2024 | “Superstructures” (Conference Edition of Film Music – Challenges of Multimedia) | Frankfurt |
| November 5, 2024 | “(Generative) Künstliche Intelligenz als Herausforderung für die digitalen Geisteswissenschaften” (panel discussion with P. M. Näger, L. Franken; Workshop (Generative) AI for Cultural and Textual Data) | Weimar |
| October 21, 2024 | »Zum Scheitern verurteilt? Über Big-Tech-Blütenträume, Silicon Valley und die Niederungen der digitalen Geisteswissenschaften« (Lecture Series Einblicke in die Digital Humanities) | Bern |
| September 23, 2024 | »Walzerkrieg und Maschinengott: Zur Edition multimedialer Werkkomplexe am Beispiel von Film und Musik« (Keynote, Edirom Summer School) | Paderborn |
| July 18, 2024 | Evening talk as part of a workshop on science podcasts | Potsdam |
| June 10, 2024 | “The Ambivalence of Humanistic Knowledge Production in Times of Digital Upheaval”(Uncertainty-Talks) | Bielefeld |
| February 20, 2024 | “Open Middle Ages” (panel discussion with M. Heiles, P. Schneider, S. Tittel; workshop of the Network Open Middle Ages) | Darmstadt |
| December 12, 2023 | Response to Reinhold Schmücker’s “Conjectures on digital change” ( Philosophy controversial series) | Cologne |
| December 1, 2023 | “Zu Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen digitaler Wissensrepräsentationen” (Workshop Kulturen der Heilkunde des Mittelalters in interdisziplinärer Perspektive) | Bonn |
| November 16, 2023 | “Collations: Conversations about editions – digital and/or printed?” (Discussion evening with D. Burdorf; Leopoldina) | Halle (Saale) |
| July 3, 2023 | “Podcasts, Blogs, and Video Essays: Digital Medieval Studies for the Masses?” (Panel discussion with E. Guéville, J. B. Harr, A. Malcolm; IMC 2023) | Leeds |
| December 8, 2022 | “The Future in Our Bones: On Heidegger, Cybernetics, and the Origins of Theory (in Humanities Computing)” (Seminar) | Lausanne |
| August 25, 2022 | “Digital Critical Edition of Peter of Abano’s Conciliator” (with C. Kaiser, O. Schrader, S. Gassmann; SIEPM 2022) | Paris |
| June 28, 2022 | “Digital Scholarly Editions Beyond Text: On the Principles of a Superstructural Approach” (Workshop Diagrammatic Digital Editions) | Haifa |
| June 17, 2022 | »Mustererkennung: Zur Frage der digitalen Repräsentation visueller Überlieferungsvarianz am Beispiel mittelalterlicher Bildprogramme« (Workshop Wiederholung und Konventionalität in der Kunst) | Cologne |
| February 19, 2022 | “Digital Humanities, or: The Broken Record of Everything” (colloquium) | Berlin |
| December 8, 2021 | »Die Tradition der Textkritik und ihre digitale Zukunft« (Lecture) | Paderborn |
| September 29, 2021 | »Eine Frage der Moral? Über das Fortschrittsnarrativ der Digital Humanities und seine historische Bedingtheit« (Untold Stories workshop, theater studies) | Cologne |
| July 5, 2021 | “Early Career Researchers in Digital Medieval Studies: A Round Table Discussion” (panel discussion with H. Davies, B. Dubuisson, A. Malcolm; IMC 2021) | Leeds |